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Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An attorney for Hunter Biden on Friday transmitted a sharp and sweeping letter to a powerful Republican lawmaker condemning his handling of an IRS whistleblower who has accused Justice Department officials of undermining the DOJ’s investigation into President Joe Biden’s son. Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, accused Rep. […]
Philip Yabut/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the U.S. Supreme Court of granting businesses the right “to refuse to serve members of a protected class” for the first time in its history. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday in favor of a evangelical Christian website designer who argued that a Colorado […]
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While about a dozen major Republican candidates are fighting for the 2024 nomination, a more under-the-radar quadrennial competition is starting: the race to be the still-unnamed nominee’s running mate. The 2024 veepstakes — still in its infancy — is mostly fuel for speculation, but squinting can reveal early […]
Maria Korneeva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) agreed Friday to an extension of the 2020 TV/Theatrical contracts in a move that averts a possible strike . The current SAG-AFTRA contract was set to expire Friday at […]
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As LGBTQ+ spaces continue to face threats across the country, a growing crop of lesbian bars look to chart a new path. In 2020, the Lesbian Bar Project sounded the alarm on the slow disappearance of lesbian bars in the United States. In the years since, new lesbian-led venues […]
Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks. This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly Gray, an abortion provider, challenging the legality of the ban, which requested a temporary restraining order on the ban before […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Between the damaging storm threat from the Midwest to the East and dangerous heat in the West and South, more than 110 million Americans are on alert for dangerous weather over the holiday weekend. On Saturday, excessively hot temperatures extending from the West Coast to the South could affect 66 […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kelsey Hoskin charges students $675 for an hour-long, private college admissions strategy Zoom session. And students are paying. Unlike many traditional private college admissions consultants, Hoskin hasn’t served as an admissions officer before. She’s a recent alumna of Harvard University and a current medical student at the University of […]
Guy Davies/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic move to differentiate himself on a key foreign policy issue, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday made a surprise trip to Ukraine, projecting solidarity against Russia in a way, so far, unmatched by his Republican competitors. His message in Ukraine was clear: “We are with you.” “We […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday set new limits on affirmative action programs in cases involving whether public and private colleges and universities can continue to use race as one factor among many in student admissions. The court held, in a 6-3 opinion for the conservative majority written by Chief Justice […]
